Storyline: Ongoing
Date: July 30, 2008
Price: $3.99
Writers: Garan Madeiros and Charles Shell
Artists: Kevin Sharpe and Al Rio

Synopsis: “In a capitalist world’s dark future, Mercenary is no longer just a soldier for hire. It’s a way of life. Law is enforced by cyber-powered Mercs and life or death is decided by the lowest bidder. There is no right or wrong beyond the price in hard currency. Jessie Garrett, however, is everything most Mercs are not: honest, selfless and determined to bring order to greed-hardened worlds, driven mad by money. But when a corporate kidnapping goes wrong, Jessie, and fellow Mercs, Panzer and Tsumi, get in over their heads. Strip clubs, black-market organ dealers, cyber-enhanced soldiers and the life of one young girl collide in Contract’s first 3-part mini-series, and no one can predict the cost.”

Opinion: Wow! I’ll be honest—personally I like sticking with Marvel and DC comics, but I was blown away at how much fun this comic was. It’s great! From the dialogue to the story to the art, this is definitely a cool comic you’d be nuts to miss out on!

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Date: August 2007
Price: $2.99 US
Cover: Juan Jose Ryp
Writer: Warren Ellis
Art: Juan Jose Ryp
Readership: MR
Format: Full Color, 32 pages, monthly, 2 of 7

Synopsis:Warren Ellis’ masked hero masterpiece continues it’s monthly run right here! The American military machine is mobilised in pursuit of John Horus — and his one-time comrades. Withheld information and misplaced anger leads to open fire in the streets of the city that the Seven Guns came from, and the hammer of the wrath of the government and the people is about to come down on five people who, just twenty four hours ago, were at best forgotten heroes… With art by the genius Juan Jose Ryp, no fan of The Authority or Wanted will want to miss this bleeding-edge eight issue masterpiece. This issue is available with a regular or wraparound cover and also a rare 1-in-25 cover featuring the Angel One design sketch, all by series artist Juan Jose Ryp.

Opinion: The best comic being published (other than THE BOYS) continues to deliver. It accomplishes what Marvel failed at so miserably with their weak CIVIL WAR series and the bajillion crossovers associated with it. It’s what all great superhero comics should hope to be when they grow up. Warren Ellis continues with his god-like storytelling and Juan Jose Ryp reveals shades of Geoff Darrow while adding his own unique stylization to the violence, gore, and the subtle domestic moments that are peppered throughout this series. In this issue John Horus is still nowhere to be found after murdering George W. Bu… err, I mean THE PRESIDENT and bout of in-fighting amongst the other members of THE SEVEN GUNS threatens all parties involved. I don’t want to give too much away, but next issue ought to be a bonzer of a blood-bath given the set-up in the last couple of pages of the book. Book of the week? Hell, book of the month! Sell your Grandma’s wheelchair if you need money to buy this book. Obtain it at all cost!

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Storyline: None Specified
Date: July 2007
Price: $14.95 US
Writer: Matt Billman/Christopher Herndon
Artist: Matt Billman/Christopher Herndon
 

Synopsis: “Poop Dogs, Hitler Chickens and Monster Trucks or How I Stopped Wearing Pants and Learned to Love the Zombie.” The collected first seven issues of this webcomic series! (www.livingwithzombies.net). The story of two friends as their greatest wish comes true: The Zombie Apocalypse has arrived, but does that mean they’re the only humans left? This look at zombie/survival stories holds a refreshing twist of humor on every page as Chris’ and Matt’s greatest dreams come true from page to page.

Opinion: As a fan of zombie survival, I absolutely love the grim, dirty, disgusting world that generally is a post-apocalyptic, corpse filled planet. My only general complaint during these stories is that the characters become so horribly cliched from tale to tale that for the most part I thought I had seen every story that could ever be written with zombies as the central push. Living with Zombies changed my opinion. It presents a more humorous view of the zombie survival artform. Written by and starring Matt Billman and Chris Herndon, these two have been awaiting the apocalypse for quite a while, and it shows as from page one to one ninety two the madcap adventure doesn’t cease. It also presents an interesting view of the higher powers during the resultant escapades, as the Devil himself becomes interested in how Billman can commit murder without committing any actual sins.

If you’re growing tired of the word zombie and anything to do with it, or conversely absolutely love (and are waiting for like I am) the idea of an impending zombie apocalypse; then you should definitely pick up this book. At roughly fifteen dollars, the value far exceeds the cost of the book. The only downside? Since they self-publish, you can only snag the book from their site now, so head over there if you want to pick one up.

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Storyline: Lobster Girl
Date: 2007
Price:$2.99 US
Writer: J. Morvay
Artist: A. Isosommpi, S. Bergen

Synopsis: Lobster Girl, a ravishing lap-dancer with claws for hands! Snow, a blind albino psychopath! Both in a race to find their long-lost supernatural son! Snow wants to destroy him and steal his power! Lobster Girl will do anything to protect her child! Jake, simply looking for a lap-dance, rides a rollercoaster to Hell

Opinion: Ok This comic book is alright. The art seemed to fit perfect with the writing. And to me this comic was more about how far the main character Jake, Would go for Lobster Girl. And he went far for her. I think this comic would be WAY better if the artist who did the back cover also did the story artwork. If you want an interesting read, I recommend this comic.

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